Lexical meaning, as an important and essential aspect of the word, has long attracted the attention of scholars, who, in trying to know its nature, have sometimes mystified it by seeing it as an inexplicable thing and sometimes simplified it, equating it with the function of the word, with the concept, even with the "reali" itself that…

Recent lexicographical work, especially in dictionaries aimed at the Teaching English-as-a-foreign-language (TEFL) market, has tended towards a functional grouping of vocabulary items in thesaurus format, rather than the traditional alphabetical approach of dictionaries. One reason for this, stemming from a more communicative approach to language…

Provides a list of 480 heteronyms, suggesting study in this area to stimulate students' interest in building vocabulary as well as in language study generally. (NH)

Designed for secondary school English teachers who want to help their students develop enthusiasm for words, their histories, and the way language structures words to produce meaning, this paper offers suggestions for a program of study employing dictionary projects and personal experience. The paper describes making a class dictionary of teen…